Milky Way Infographic Project by Dylan Moran https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia en-us 2025-10-23 01:25:47 UTC 2025-10-23 01:43:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Hubble classification morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646326331 The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, which is Sbc.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646326331 Major arms morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646329520 Some major arms in the Milky Way include the Scutum-Centaurus arm and the Perseus arm.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646329520 Major components morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646335599 Galactic disk- contains stars, gas, and dust

Galactic bulge- dense, bar-shaped region at the center

Galactic halo- a spherical region of old stars and globular clusters


]]> 2025-10-23 01:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646335599 How many stars in our galaxy? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646337389 The Milky Way is suspected to have 100-400 billion stars.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646337389 How big is the Milky Way? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646340655 The Milky Way is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter and about 1,000 light-years thick.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646340655 Where is the sun located? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646342900 The sun is in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, about 28,00 light-years away from the center.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646342900 How fast is our sun moving? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646345776 The sun is moving at approximately 450,000 mph.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646345776 How far from center and edge is our sun? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646349707 The sun is about 27,000 light-years away from the center and 23,000 light-years away from the edge

]]> 2025-10-23 01:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646349707 What is at the center? morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646352528 The center of the Milky Way contains a supermassive black hole, named Sagittarius A\*.

]]> 2025-10-23 01:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646352528 morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646355829 2025-10-23 01:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646355829 morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646356345 2025-10-23 01:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646356345 morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646357060 2025-10-23 01:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646357060 morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646358816 2025-10-23 01:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646358816 morand11 https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646359429 2025-10-23 01:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/morand11/mtkznw4y6yv2aeia/wish/3646359429